Cadmium deposits

[MistrBill]

My understanding is that Cadmium is found on planets orbiting red stars. I've gone through at least six red systems scanning everything. I see copper and activated copper everywhere. Am I missing something, or just unlucky?

[PepeMilagro]

You're either reeeeeeeally unlucky or you're not going to red star systems I'd say.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

You can tell from space (by scan) if the planet has Cad deposits. Never seen a red star system that did not have cad, but sometimes it is only activated Cad, which is not particularly useful for what I tend to want it for.

If you have any, even a sliver, you can refine all you need. You can usually find some upgrade in your suit, tool, or ship that breaks down to cad if you don't have a sliver.

[GenSec39]

I played a lot and also find cadmium relatively rarely. Got tons of emeril (both common and activated), ok amount of indium, but still very few cadmium. Dunno, maybe bad luck as well.

[MistrBill]

Originally posted by PepeMilagro:

You're either reeeeeeeally unlucky or you're not going to red star systems I'd say.

I'm not color blind, and they LOOK red to me. Can't figure it...

[Other]

Originally posted by MistrBill:

Originally posted by PepeMilagro:

You're either reeeeeeeally unlucky or you're not going to red star systems I'd say.

I'm not color blind, and they LOOK red to me. Can't figure it...

As a test, take the red and higher hyperdrives out of your ship (don't dismantle them, just store them in cargo for a few minutes). If you can still go to the star, it is yellow.

If you have any of the filters set on the galaxy map, those change what the colors mean - with the economy filter active, red is a particular economy type, and similarly with the conflict filter. If you are looking for a particular stellar metal, make sure the filter is set to "no filter".

[MistrBill]

Originally posted by Other:

Originally posted by MistrBill:

I'm not color blind, and they LOOK red to me. Can't figure it...

As a test, take the red and higher hyperdrives out of your ship (don't dismantle them, just store them in cargo for a few minutes). If you can still go to the star, it is yellow.

If you have any of the filters set on the galaxy map, those change what the colors mean - with the economy filter active, red is a particular economy type, and similarly with the conflict filter. If you are looking for a particular stellar metal, make sure the filter is set to "no filter".

That's a good test- you get a notice 'cadmium drive required' when it's uninstalled. Ahd I think that's it, some systems look 'red' under the economics filter. but when I'm looking through the filters now, I'm seeing that there's red and RED. Figured it was something stupid like that. Thanks.

[MistrBill]

Originally posted by Other:

Originally posted by MistrBill:

I'm not color blind, and they LOOK red to me. Can't figure it...

As a test, take the red and higher hyperdrives out of your ship (don't dismantle them, just store them in cargo for a few minutes). If you can still go to the star, it is yellow.

If you have any of the filters set on the galaxy map, those change what the colors mean - with the economy filter active, red is a particular economy type, and similarly with the conflict filter. If you are looking for a particular stellar metal, make sure the filter is set to "no filter".

Actually, I found a suitable system by watching for the no cadmium drive notice, and it doesn't look red at all on my map. No filter is a wash, economic is blue, Life forms has a very slightly red halo but is mostly white. I played NMS a few years ago, and don't remember having this problem. It was pretty obvious which systems are which...

[Guyver8]

FYI: having problems with the colours on the galaxy map?
options -> accessibility - galaxy map colour filter

[Captain.Jartyk]

If you have difficulty with the colors, there are solutions.

There is a letter designation for color class for the stars, (F G M K E B O), see the list below for what they mean.
Check the class before warping, so you really have the right type of star selected.

And if the problem is that you have difficulty distinguishing between certain colors, you can change the colors on the map in the Options menu.

From the wiki

There are four colors of star systems.

- Yellow star systems (Classes F & G) are the most common.

- Red and orange star systems (Classes M & K), uncommon, can only be accessed with Cadmium Drive, only Red/Orange star systems will have planets with Cadmium.

- Green star systems (Class E, invented class), rare, can only be accessed with Emeril Drive, only Green star systems will have planets with Emeril.

- Blue and purple star systems (Classes B & O), rare, can only be accessed with Indium Drive, only Blue/Purple star systems will have planets with Indium.

[MistrBill]

Originally posted by Captain.Jartyk:

If you have difficulty with the colors, there are solutions.

There is a letter designation for color class for the stars, (F G M K E B O), see the list below for what they mean.
Check the class before warping, so you really have the right type of star selected.

And if the problem is that you have difficulty distinguishing between certain colors, you can change the colors on the map in the Options menu.

From the wiki

There are four colors of star systems.

- Yellow star systems (Classes F & G) are the most common.

- Red and orange star systems (Classes M & K), uncommon, can only be accessed with Cadmium Drive, only Red/Orange star systems will have planets with Cadmium.

- Green star systems (Class E, invented class), rare, can only be accessed with Emeril Drive, only Green star systems will have planets with Emeril.

- Blue and purple star systems (Classes B & O), rare, can only be accessed with Indium Drive, only Blue/Purple star systems will have planets with Indium.

I'd forgotten about the letter designations, thanks. There is so much total information to know about this game, it's tough to keep it straight.